Columns
Columns
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No distractions at the library
By Joanne Peterson - May 23It’s late afternoon. The rain stopped a while ago, leaving the sky over Edmonds puffed with dark clouds, all scudding along just fast enough to ...
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Women on the ships?
By John Pierre - May 23No, I'm not of the generation (though some of my age group are) that believes women should necessarily remain at home, do the cooking and cleaning ...
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Blueberry pie and church bells
By John Owen - May 23We're not comparing our little community on the sound with Rome, Santorini, Belgrade or Vienna. But you could say we are unified by bells. Or at ...
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Watching the grass grow
By Chuck Sigars - May 22I have mowed the same lawn for a quarter of a century. I mowed it before it was even a lawn. I mowed it when it was just gestating, just beginning ...
Ode to a Hammock
By Maria Montalvo - May 19If I could write poetry, I would write an ode to a hammock. Pablo Neruda wrote a delightful book of poems called Odes to Common Things. In it, he ...
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Veteran's Memorial Park
By Dave Page - May 17Editor: The city is presenting a park renaming opportunity for the public to rename the little park down by the ferry dock known as SR104. The VFW ...
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Quick fixes for sick dogs
By John Owen - May 16If you have recently arrived in the area you will soon discover that there is a whole lot of creative eating going on, especially at events like ...
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Warren is Home Again, also
By Joanne Peterson - May 16By the time you read this, my brother will be home from his hip-replacement rehab at Providence Mt. St. Vincent in West Seattle. It’s been the ...
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Saying what you mean
By John Pierre - May 16Are you as tired of the "politically correct" requirements that we are faced with hour by hour? It has become thoroughly disgusting in my view. Som...
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As the world turns
By Chuck Sigars - May 15I was at Volunteer Park in Seattle a couple of weeks ago, during one of our many beautiful May evenings here in our post-Mayan Apocalypse world, ...
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Crab, when you get one
By John Owen - May 09Want to meet a cockeyed optimist? Hang around the Waterfront Cafe any summer morning. Before long you'll probably spot a couple of kids pulling a ...
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It’s STILL good to be Home Again
By Joanne Peterson - May 09What is it about the first perfect summer day—especially if it occurs in early May? It’s magical. I sit on my little deck as I write, watching the ...
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The 2 stupid matters
By John Pierre - May 09Do government officials care about what they divulge to the media and, consequently, an eagerly listening public? No? These motor mouths always ...
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Bacon adds sizzling flavor
By Chef Dez - May 08For those of you who have not yet heard, bacon is not just a breakfast side dish. Although greatly feared by vegetarians and dieters alike, bacon ...
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The spring of our content
By Chuck Sigars - May 08There are, as I write, 40-odd days until the summer solstice. Then, being the Pacific Northwest, we have another three weeks (at least) past that ...
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Clubhouse cuisine
By John Owen - May 02There used to be a saying among professional athletes. "The legs are the first things to go." Obviously it doesn't apply to baseball players, ...
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Healthy living and growing old(er)
By Joanne Peterson - May 02Last Friday afternoon I attended the Healthy Living Fair at the Edmonds Senior Center. It appears that if anyone of retirement age has concerns ...
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What WAS in the satchel?
By John Pierre - May 02This writing is about guns!! I won't mention my thoughts on the controversy though some of you may have detected my carefully hidden (heh heh) ...
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The 20-year itch
By Chuck Sigars - May 01The late Kurt Vonnegut was once a graduate student in anthropology. By all accounts (i.e., his professors), he was not in his natural element, ...
Columnists
Chef Dez
Chef Dez is a newspaper food columnist published in over 50 communities across Canada and Washington state. He is the author of two cookbooks, a ...
Chuck's World
Chuck Sigars has been writing his weekly column for Beacon newspapers, “Chuck’s World,” since 2001. You would think he’d be better at it by ...
Constant Curmudgeon
Born in Oregon during the Great Depression, my family moved constantly in search of work for a day, week or, if lucky for a month. We lived for ...
CRI
One of the joys of my retirement is the Creative Retirement Institute, the lifelong learning program at Edmonds Community College, where I take ...
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Edmonds Beacon: Letters to the Editor
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Home Again
After over 350 consecutive “Home Again” columns, I still feel privileged—and amazed—that my words show up on page four of The Edmonds Beacon every ...
Intermediate Eater
Edmonds resident John Owen is the author of seven Intermediate Eater cookbooks. His food column will appear occasionally in The Beacon
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Intermediate Eater
Edmonds resident John Owen is the author of seven Intermediate Eater cookbooks. His food column will appear occasionally in the Beacon.
Living Locally with Laura
Laura Spehar lives, breathes, and eats everything Edmonds. Having only lived here for five years Laura has volunteered or became a member for such ...
Maria Montalvo
Maria A. Montalvo. That’s the name I was born with since it flows better than what my married name could have been (and my husband knows I am ...
Owen At Large
John Owen was graduated in journalism from the University of Montana where he met his wife, Alice. He served as a military cryptographer in the ...
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Port View
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Savvy Senior
Jim Miller is the creator of "Savvy Senior" (savvysenior.org), a syndicated information column for boomers and seniors that is published in more ...
Taking Stock
I began charting stocks 50 years ago in April 1962. Computers came along and made charting and calculations much easier. I was a stock broker for ...
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The Bone-Club test
Called to jury duty? No, I’m not going to rant about civic duty, or complain about the time it takes. I’m going to tell you instead about a couple ...
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The Mayor's Column
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